It's the way I tell 'em

Started by Scrumpy, Yesterday at 08:03:57 AM

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Scrumpy


I usually take a look at 'Let's write a limerick' which I enjoy..

Different accents and dialects for different places.. Really interesting..
 Today the word used to rhyme with PASS was CASH..
Used by GrannyMac.. 
I am sure others look at what I write and think.. that does NOT rhyme..
Don't ask me.. I know nuffink..

dextrous63

True, but "that" does rhyme with "cat"😬

Scrumpy

Don't ask me.. I know nuffink..

dextrous63

Now, that does rhyme with "pass". 😬😬

JBR

Quote from: dextrous63 on Yesterday at 09:46:50 AMNow, that does rhyme with "pass". 😬😬

Only if you're a Southerner.  They should spell 'pass' as 'parse'!
Down to earth Northerners pronounce a the 'ar' in 'arse' as in the sound of the word 'far' or 'bar'.

I can't possibly comment on Scotch or Welsh pronunciation, as such is way beyond my capabilities.

Perhaps I could add that a drunk's pronunciation of 'pass' might well rhyme with 'cash', not of course suggesting that Granny is ever likely to become drunk.
Numquam credere Gallicum

dextrous63

#5
This is true JB, although I think you'll find that grannie is a bit of a tipsificator, if the colour of her nose is anything to go by.😬

As for the rhyming bit, I was talking to a fellow (and thus superior) southerner.

klondike

It's not just north and south. In a town not more than 20 miles from where I am now they pronounced some words differently from here. One is close the those mentioned

Grass.

Here it's a long a while there it's a short one. Come to think pass probably is the same.

dextrous63

You say pot8to, I say potartoh, you say tom8to, I say potartoh... let's call the whole fing ooorf.

Alex

JB you should get rid of "Scotch" that's a drink  :grin:  :grin:  :grin: